New research highlights the importance of the thymus in successful pregnancies
Credit: Ragnar Söderberg Foundation How the immune system adapts to pregnancies has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, findings from an ...
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Maternal Immune Activation Induces Sustained Changes in Fetal Microglia Motility
-Demonstrates link to developmental disorders and schizophrenia-Credit: Department of Anatomy and Molecular Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine ...
The thymus as key to healthy pregnancies
Credit: @IMBA/Kulcsar Female sex hormones instruct the thymus, a central organ of the immune system, to produce specialized cells called ...
The ABCs of species evolution
A transporter protein that regulates cell membrane cholesterol likely played an important role in vertebrate evolution, according to a review ...
Molecular reporters expose the allies of the brain tumor
Credit: Gargiulo Lab, MDC Glioblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults. Roughly five in every 100,000 people ...
A powerful computational tool for efficient analysis of cell division 4D image data
Credit: DOI number: 10.1038/s41467-020-19863-x A joint research team co-led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has developed a novel ...
Scientists pinpoint molecular cause for severe disorder in children
A team of scientists from the University of Ottawa have opened a window into the cause of a rare genetic ...
How a large protein complex assembles in a cell
Credit: Visualization: Olga V Posukh, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Novosibirsk Cells produce a great number of different protein complexes, ...
RedHill’s phase 2/3 COVID-19 study of opaganib passes second DSMB review
Independent DSMB unanimously recommends continuation of the global Phase 2/3 study of orally-administered opaganib in severe COVID-19 based on review ...
Salk Assistant Professor Dmitry Lyumkis receives CAREER award from NSF
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 22, 2020) Assistant Professor Dmitry Lyumkis has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) ...
Chemical composition of wild potato relative contributes to its resistance to pathogen
Credit: Janak R. Joshi, Linxing Yao, Amy O. Charkowski, and Adam L. Heuberger Potato is the most consumed vegetable crop ...
The far-reaching effects of mutagens on human health
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University In order to survive, flourish and successfully reproduce, organisms rely on a ...
Beyond changing DNA itself, mutagens also cause errors in gene transcription
The discovery that toxic stressors can cause errors in gene transcription opens new avenues of research on diseases such as ...
Silkworm’s brain determines diapause by thermal information
Credit: Copyright 2020, PNAS, Licensed under CC BY 4.0 Diapause is a seasonal adaptation strategy of insects and animals where ...
Scientists uncover mechanisms that wire the brain’s cerebral cortex
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists describe 'molecular brakes' of the brainCredit: Virginia Tech A research team led by ...
New 3D maps reveal inner workings of immune cell gene expression
LJI scientists track down control elements that govern gene expression from a distanceCredit: Alex Fung LA JOLLA--The COVID-19 pandemic has ...
Cellular exclusion of mitochondria protects cells from damage
Researchers from Osaka University identify a novel mechanism by which cells turn over mitochondria and maintain cell healthCredit: Osaka University ...
Prostate cancer regulator plays role in COVID-19, providing a promising treatment lead
Clinical trials underway are testing whether drugs that target the androgen receptor -- successful in controlling prostate cancer -- could ...
CNIO and IRB Barcelona assemble the gamma-tubulin ring complex in vitro for the first time
A collaboration between Jens Lüders' group at IRB Barcelona and Oscar Llorca's at CNIOCredit: CNIO Researchers from the Microtubule Organization ...
Medical oddity reveals unheard-of ‘immunity gene’ mutations and new way to screen them
Researchers baffled by an infant's rare encephalitis case unusual in children found unheard-of mutations and a new way to examine ...
